HONDROS NURSING 200 EXAM 1 REVIEW
PAPER 2026 COMPLETE QUESTION SET
ACCURATE ANSWERS
◉ Define: reflection.
Answer: process of purposefully thinking back or recalling a
situation to discover its purpose or meaning
◉ What are some way to develop critical thinking skills? (3).
Answer: 1. reflective journaling
2. meeting with colleagues
3. concept mapping
◉ What are some characteristics of critical thinkers?.
Answer: inquisitive/curious, open-minded, flexible, fair-minded,
reasonable, clear about issues
◉ What is an example of reflective thinking?.
Answer: nurse just beginning to pay attention to their thinking
processes may ask these questions after nurse-patient interactions
have ended
,◉ What is critical thinking?.
Answer: process of constant evaluation, redirection, improvement,
and increased efficiency
◉ What type of thinker is a novice nurse?.
Answer: reflective thinker
◉ What will improve as you move from a novice nurse to and expert
nurse?.
Answer: your ability to critically think
◉ What is the nursing process?.
Answer: a conceptual framework that enables the student or the
practicing nurse to think systematically and process pertinent
information about the patient
◉ What does NANDA stand for?.
Answer: North American Nursing Diagnosis Association
◉ What is NANDA's goal?.
Answer: facilitate the development, refinement, and use of
standardized nursing diagnostic terminology with the goal to
improve health care for all
,◉ What are the nursing process steps?.
Answer: 1.Assessment
2.Nursing Diagnosis
3.Planning
4.Implementation
5.Evalutation
◉ What happens during the assessment phase?.
Answer: information/data about the individual patient, family, or
community are gathered
◉ how can you get information for the assessment phase of the
nursing process?.
Answer: client, interview, physical exam, diagnostic tests, family
◉ What is subjective data?.
Answer: obtained from the patient, can't be measured
◉ What are some examples of subjective data?.
Answer: feelings, pain, goals
, ◉ What is objective data?.
Answer: data that can be collected and measured
◉ What are some examples of objective data?.
Answer: pulse, heart rate, weight, vital signs
◉ What is subjective data often referred to?.
Answer: symptoms
◉ What is objective data often referred to?.
Answer: signs
◉ What is primary data?.
Answer: data from the patient
◉ What is secondary data?.
Answer: nurse's observations
family reports
friend's reports
◉ What is tertiary data?.
Answer: medical records
PAPER 2026 COMPLETE QUESTION SET
ACCURATE ANSWERS
◉ Define: reflection.
Answer: process of purposefully thinking back or recalling a
situation to discover its purpose or meaning
◉ What are some way to develop critical thinking skills? (3).
Answer: 1. reflective journaling
2. meeting with colleagues
3. concept mapping
◉ What are some characteristics of critical thinkers?.
Answer: inquisitive/curious, open-minded, flexible, fair-minded,
reasonable, clear about issues
◉ What is an example of reflective thinking?.
Answer: nurse just beginning to pay attention to their thinking
processes may ask these questions after nurse-patient interactions
have ended
,◉ What is critical thinking?.
Answer: process of constant evaluation, redirection, improvement,
and increased efficiency
◉ What type of thinker is a novice nurse?.
Answer: reflective thinker
◉ What will improve as you move from a novice nurse to and expert
nurse?.
Answer: your ability to critically think
◉ What is the nursing process?.
Answer: a conceptual framework that enables the student or the
practicing nurse to think systematically and process pertinent
information about the patient
◉ What does NANDA stand for?.
Answer: North American Nursing Diagnosis Association
◉ What is NANDA's goal?.
Answer: facilitate the development, refinement, and use of
standardized nursing diagnostic terminology with the goal to
improve health care for all
,◉ What are the nursing process steps?.
Answer: 1.Assessment
2.Nursing Diagnosis
3.Planning
4.Implementation
5.Evalutation
◉ What happens during the assessment phase?.
Answer: information/data about the individual patient, family, or
community are gathered
◉ how can you get information for the assessment phase of the
nursing process?.
Answer: client, interview, physical exam, diagnostic tests, family
◉ What is subjective data?.
Answer: obtained from the patient, can't be measured
◉ What are some examples of subjective data?.
Answer: feelings, pain, goals
, ◉ What is objective data?.
Answer: data that can be collected and measured
◉ What are some examples of objective data?.
Answer: pulse, heart rate, weight, vital signs
◉ What is subjective data often referred to?.
Answer: symptoms
◉ What is objective data often referred to?.
Answer: signs
◉ What is primary data?.
Answer: data from the patient
◉ What is secondary data?.
Answer: nurse's observations
family reports
friend's reports
◉ What is tertiary data?.
Answer: medical records
